If you can find a spare dollar to donate to the Washington mudslide victims

[nolabear]

it is much needed and much appreciated.

I took a "major DU break" a while back, and it continues. The timbre of the fighting just doesn't make sense to me. But I do know there are many fine people here who think of themselves as part of the family of human beings, and the scope of the tragedy in Oso, Washington is mind-boggling.

There are many ways to help. Monies go to providing for workers, for the displaced and devastated, for therapy, search dogs, equipment, medicines, warm and waterproof clothing, myriad things you can't imagine but make this endless and heroic effort to find the lost possible. The Red Cross allows for dedicated donations, and numerous local organizations are raising funds. Some responders have been working almost without stopping for the week since the slide. News updates are hard to watch. The people giving them keep bursting into tears.

Ninety people are still missing, even after the adjustments for those who were double reported and those who might not have called in. Animals are stranded and people are trying to get to them. People are still asking how they survived when their loved ones, only feet away, are just…gone.

The Snoqualmie Tribe has given and given and given. The love shown among those who know these people is incredible. But they need more. You can't imagine what a 500 football field area of devastation, up to 60 feet deep, is like to try to sift. As one whose childhood home was nearly destroyed by Katrina, I am saddened by how little national coverage is being given.

Here's one way to donate and to get a show of support. There are many others. https://www.booster.com/osostrong

Thanks, DU. Hug your loved ones.

nolabear

[cilla4progress]

1. Done!

Our family are fellow Washingtonians, and feeling the pain of these losses very sharply.

We, also, suffered a loss of home and place due to wildfires in 1994, and thankfully, no loss of life. So, on a different scale, but there are touchpoints of commonality.

Grievous loss; sad beyond words; no sense to make of it, other than to realize both our smallness and our irreplaceability, in the grand scheme of things.

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

[Generic Other]

3. Thanks Nola for caring

People in Washington are hurting.

[Voice for Peace]

4. thanks nola, kick & rec

I too am amazed at how little coverage this all has
gotten.

Or the myriad oil and gas leaks everywhere in
the country, another topic.

Thanks for your efforts to help.

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. Tis my home state and I grew up in that area.

donated last week.
Terrfically saddened by this accident.
that area has been plagued by bad luck, same area that the bridge collapsed.

Hard to imagine how they can possibly find anyone under all that mud, which is so hard on families who need clsoure.

edited to add:
Here is link from local paper giving local sites to donate to:
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20140329/NEWS01/303299999/Resources-Where-to-go-how-to-help-mudslide-victims-

100% of donations will be used by local organizations, including the hospitals.

[nolabear]

6. Thanks dixiegrrrrl. We swapped territories, didn't we?

I grew up down there and ended up in Seattle. People up here are so sad. I thin what they're not saying is that they can't identify much even when they know they've found someone, so it's taking forever and the emotional toll is terrible.

I appreciate any kicking you can do.

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. We did swap.

had the keep the continent in balance, yes?

I am looking at a lot of pics of the slide area, and shivering. It is gloomy, raining, cool, and more flooding is possible.
the slide area is pure muck, I can't see how they can even begin to find anything below the surface.

[NikolaC]

8. K&R

We donated through the Red Cross. Our thoughts are with the people of that town, the victims, survivors and the relief efforts that are currently underway. I really hope that they get all of the help that they need.

[jtuck004]

9. K&R. n/t

[MindMover]

10. I trust Native Americans to know what is good for my environment ...

and I will be contributing as soon as I get done with this post ...thanks for the post ...

[nolabear]

11. Little kick and post to some photos from ground zero

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Hard-task-of-finding-mudslide-victims-stretches-on-253036761.html?tab=gallery&c=y&img=1